Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:16:21 +0200 From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@teledomenet.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> Subject: Re: Problems with createing a tap interface. Message-ID: <200602201716.21932.nvass@teledomenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <20060219011758.7042fa60@vixen42.vulpes> References: <20060219011758.7042fa60@vixen42.vulpes>
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On Sunday 19 February 2006 09:17, Vulpes Velox wrote:
> #ifconfig tap create
> ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE: Invalid argument
>
> The if_tap module is loaded, but I can't seem to get around this. Any
> suggestions?
Yes, try to open the tap device and it will be created automagically...
root@brad:0:/usr/ports/mail/imp# ifconfig tap0
ifconfig: interface tap0 does not exist
root@brad:0:/usr/ports/mail/imp# < /dev/tap0
root@brad:0:/usr/ports/mail/imp# ifconfig tap0
tap0: flags=8842<BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:bd:dc:d6:84:00
root@brad:0:/usr/ports/mail/imp#
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